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中考英语数词考点精讲精练
【名师点睛】
数词分为基数词和序数词两种,在英语中表示事物数目的词称为基数词;表示事物顺序的数词称为序数词。数词是每年各省市英语中考中一个重要考点之一,希望大家在学习中注意以下几个方面:
【实例解析】
1. -- Do you still remember the snow storm last winter?
-- Sure! _____ people _______ from going home during that time.
A. One hundred, stopped
B. Ten hundreds of, were stopped
C. Hundreds, stopped
D. Hundreds of, were stopped
答案:D。该题第一空考查的是hundred, thousand, million等表示大约数与确切数的区别。注意:基数词表示具体数目时,hundred, thousand, million用单数形式。但在表示“数百”、“数千”、“数百万”等不确切数目时,hundred, thousand, million要用复数形式,且后接“of +名词复数”。如:
There are two thousand students in our school. 我校有2000个学生。
同样的考点还出现在2008年青岛市中考试题中:
2. Basketball is so popular a game in the world that ______ people play it for fun and exercise.
A. million of B. millions of C. millions D. two millions of
答案:B。
3. -- How old is the baby?
-- He is _______ .
A. six-months-old B. six-month-old C. six-months old D. six months old
答案:D。基数词表计量大于1时,它所修饰的名词要用复数形式。如: two bottles of water (两瓶水); three